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Rabbi Rav on the Babylonian temples (1)

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temples
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Jewish philosophers and scholars

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Babylonian Talmud, Aboda Zara 11b:
Rabbi Hanan ben Rabbi Hisda said in the name of Rav … “There are five permanent temples of idolatry: the Bel temple in Babylon, the Nebo temple in Borsippa … “ What does “permanent” mean? That they still stand, and people pray there all year round.

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Babylonian Talmud, Aboda Zara 11b

Bibliography

Dalley 1995, 143Dalley, Stephanie. “Bel at Palmyra and elsewhere in the Parthian Period.” ARAM 7 (1995) 137-151. [Peeters Online Journals (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus


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